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US, Pakistan Further Expand Bilateral Cooperation in IT Field
The U.S and Pakistani officials agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and evolving a cooperation program for deploying socially relevant services using mobile phones and other IT platforms. This was agreed during the meeting of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Special Representative of US for Afghanistan and Pakistan and... »
Mitel Launches Traveling Solution Showcase
Mitel has announced the launch of its “Simply Communicating” Tour, a four-month venture that will bring Mitel’s advanced business communications solutions to its customers and partners across the United States.Through the road show, Mitel will visit more than 600 new and existing customers and provide on-premise access to Mitel’s latest …(155 words) ... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
24/7 Fiber Network To Reach D.C.’s Underserved
24/7 Fiber Network has announced the expansion of its footprint into underserved markets throughout the Delmarva Peninsula and into the metro Washington, D.C. area.24/7 is constructing a dark fiber footprint deep into the Delmarva Peninsula, a large area on the East Coast of the United States occupied by portions of …(328 words) Related Topics: dark... »
1,200 AOL Workers To Go the Way of Dial-Up
Some AOL Inc. (AOL) workers in the United States and Europe lost their jobs today and more will get pink slips on Wednesday.Too few people – only 1,100 – accepted the struggling company’s voluntary buyout offer in December, so now it’s enacting 1,200 layoffs, New York-based AOL said on Monday.The cuts …(194 words) Related Topics: Europe,... »
Why Sysco’s Worth Buying Even at These Prices
Dividends4Life submits: Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of SYSCO Corporation (SYY). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis: Company Description: SYSCO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of a range of food and related products primarily for food service industry in the United States and Canada. ... »
1,200 AOL Workers To Go the Way of Dial-Up
Some AOL Inc. (AOL) workers in the United States and Europe lost their jobs today and more will get pink slips on Wednesday.Too few people – only 1,100 – accepted the struggling company’s voluntary buyout offer in December, so now it’s enacting 1,200 layoffs, New York-based AOL said on Monday.The cuts …(194 words) ... »
Nortel gets court OK on GENBAND CVAS bid
Nortel has obtained Canadian and U.S. court approval for GENBAND’s stalking horse agreement as well as bidding procedures for the sale of its Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business. Nortel announced that at a joint hearing it obtained orders from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and the Ontario Superior Court... »
U.S. Telecom Firm Pays $3 Million in Fines Over China Business
UTStarcom, an American telecommunications company, has agreed to pay $3 million in fines after U.S. officials accused it of a long-running plan to bribe Chinese and other foreign officials with cash, travel junkets and other gifts. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that UTStarcom paid nearly $7 million... »
AT&T Wants to Kill The PSTN
TMCnet contributor Gary Kim has an excellent article about AT&T asking the Federal Communications Commission to create a timetable to shutdown the analog PSTN phone system in the United States. AT&T explains that maintaining two networks – IP and PSTN is retarding the deployment of the newer broadband IP network. Ok, I’ll grant you... »
Nokia says most Apple products violate its patents
Nokia has ramped up its legal fight against Apple, arguing that almost all of its products infringe Nokia patents. Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, filed its new complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The Finnish phone maker alleges that Apple is using patented technologies to “create key features in its products”, including iPods... »
Avnet To Distribute Cisco Data Center Products
Avnet Technology Solutions, a solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet Inc. (AVT), has announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) to become a high-value specialty distributor for its data-center products in the United States and Canada. Under this agreement, Avnet will help Cisco further …(411 words) ... »
Amazon Should Collect Taxes? Over my Dead Gadget-Loving Body!
The NY Times must be smoking the weed again. They have an article posted the day after Christmas arguing that Amazon should charge customers state taxes to help fill the state’s tax coffers. The NY Times writes, “Competitors aren’t the only ones hurt by Amazon’s stance on sales taxes: it also means the loss... »
KPN closing deal for iBasis
KPN has reached an agreement with iBasis to buy the remaining 44 percent share of the long distance telephone call and VoIP wholesale provider for $3 a share or $93 million in cash. iBasis’ board has approved the terms–urging shareholders to finally accept the tender offer. KPN plans to complete the acquisition by the... »
In Shift, U.S. Talks to Russia on Internet Security
The United States has begun talks with Russia and a United Nations arms control committee about strengthening Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace. American and Russian officials have different interpretations of the talks so far, but the mere fact that the United States is participating represents a significant policy shift after years of... »
Broadband Stimulus Still Overlooks 40M Households
The $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funds isn’t nearly enough to bring high-speed Internet access to 49 percent of households in the United States.That’s the word from a new report published by Insight Research Corp., which found that, in spite of increased adoption fueled by the broadband stimulus program, 40 …(313 words) ... »
Mobile WiMAX starting to bloom
Over the past few years mobile WiMAX has moved through standardization, productization, and interoperability testing and certification. Larger-scale network deployments are finally becoming a reality. Clearwire in the United States has already declared 173,000 subscribers, Yota in Russia has been growing at a decent rate reaching 100,000 subscribers in August and 200,000 in October, and... »
Samsung Brings Clearwire WiMAX Beyond the Dongle
Finally, commercial 4G in the United States is moving beyond the laptop dongle, thanks to Samsung Telecommunications America. Samsung has announced the WiMAX-enabled Mondi mobile Internet device for the Clearwire Corp. network, initially launching in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market. It will also run on Clearwire’s Baltimore and Philadelphia networks. The …(438 words) ... »
KPN makes final offer on iBasis
KPN, a Dutch telecom group, impoved its terms for the takeover of wholesale voice provider iBasis. KPN made its final offer for 44 percent of IBasis shares for $3 a share in cash. This represented an increase from its original $2.25 a share offer it made last month. iBasis provides international long distance telephone calls... »
Should Page Speed Influence Google PageRank?
Matt Cutts, a software engineer and an eloquent corporate spokesman for Google, spoke at PubCon earlier this month and later gave a video interview to Web Pro News, in which he said that the speed at which web pages are available might become a factor in SEO moving into 2010. He said that because... »
Truphone Offers Free Calling on Thanksgiving
Truphone is in a giving mood this holiday season, offering free calling on Thanksgiving. Only way to top that offer for Christmas is to pay you to make call on their network on December 25th. Now that would be sweet! Check out the news: Truphone to Give Away Free Calling on Thanksgiving12 hours of free calls... »
Against all odds, broadband internet continues to grow in the EU
With more than 11 million new fixed lines laid in a year, the take up of broadband internet continues to grow in Europe. According to a report published today by the European Commission, 24% of the EU population had a broadband access line subscription in July 2009, up from 21.6% in July... »
Ericsson Brings On 900 Nortel Workers in Canada
Now that Ericsson (ERIC) has closed its buyout of Nortel Networks’ wireless assets, it also has hired more workers in Canada than it planned.Computerworld reported that, as of last Friday, 900 Nortel employees will work for Ericsson Canada. Another 1,600 work for Ericsson in the United States. The number’s not much, …(86 words) ... »
Memo to AT&T: When You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging
Sam Diaz submits: Somewhere in the telecommunications afterlife, Ma Bell is hiding her face in shame. The company that was once the powerhouse of American communications has been reduced to being more like that crybaby little kid who sits in a corner of the playground pouting because the other kids beat him at his... »
PlayStation Hooks Up With Netflix; Streams Follow
On Friday, I was waxing eloquent about Netflix and its streaming video service, which has become part of my media consumption. And like me, many Netflix fans were accessing the new but fast-growing video streaming service via their DVD players, televisions, Rokus and Xboxes. Well, add Sony’s PlayStation 3 to this list. Netflix just... »
Study: US Broadband in Middle of Pack
The United States is in the middle of the global pack on broadband infrastructure and is forging a very different upgrade path than the rest of the world, according to a new report (PDF) by Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The report was commissioned by the Federal Communications Commission, as part of... »
Oil, Telecom Dealings With Russia? ‘Relax and Enjoy It’
Craig Pirrong submits: In what has to be considered a marriage made in hell, Norwegian telecom firm Telenor (TELNY.PK) has agreed with perpetual litigation adversary Alfa Group agreed to merge their Russian and Ukrainian telecom operations and list the new company in the United States. This has to be considered a surrender by Telenor, inasmuch... »
Internet ‘net neutrality’ is endorsed by FCC chief
New rules proposed by the nation’s chief communications regulator to ensure unfettered access to the Internet would level the online playing field as more people surf the Web on mobile devices, but the plan has wireless carriers in an uproar. Monday’s proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski would ensure that consumers would be... »
Palm Pre Hits The Street June 6
Those coveting the Palm Pre won’t have to wait much longer, as the smartphone will be available June 6 for about $200 with a new two-year contract fromSprint. Once the undisputed U.S. leader of the smartphone market, Palm has been thoroughly outpaced by the likes of Apple and Research In Motion. The Pre, which was... »
United by airwave usage, Google, telecoms, advocates say efficiency required as needs increase
In a rare show of unity over national communications policy, Google, the wireless industry and consumer advocates have come together to support a bill that would require the federal government to take a complete inventory of the national airwaves to determine what spectrum bands are being used, how and by whom. The government needs to... »